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The two NASA astronauts stuck in space after Boeing’s Starliner experienced issues earlier this year have been hit with a new delay. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were part of Boeing’s long-delayed mission in early June. The initial launch was delayed several times due to thruster failures and helium leaks. Williams and Wilmore’s trip...

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Congressional leaders have struck a bipartisan deal to keep the government funded beyond a looming Dec. 20 shutdown deadline. Legislation rolled out by leadership on Tuesday would kick the Friday funding deadline to March 14 to buy more time for the next Congress and incoming president to hash out how the government should be funded...

House Intelligence Committee members sought to ease public worries Tuesday about drone sightings following a briefing, echoing law enforcement statements that there is nothing nefarious behind the activity even as some called for legislation to address the matter. Lawmakers on the panel met for more than two hours with 28 briefers from a slew of...

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Johnson faces backlash over shutdown negotiations House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) is facing heat within his party over his handling an end-of-year measure to avert a government shutdown this week. © Greg Nash The final text of...

Israel announced that it would close its embassy in Ireland on Sunday after the European country recognized Palestine as a sovereign nation and other acts that Israel said promoted “antisemitic rhetoric.” “The actions and antisemitic rhetoric used by Ireland against Israel are rooted in the delegitimization and demonization of the Jewish state, along with double...

Police arrested two Massachusetts men on Saturday for allegedly operating drones too close to Boston’s Logan Airport. “The Boston Police Department reminds recreational drone operators of the importance of adhering to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety guidelines. Operators are prohibited from flying drones over people or vehicles and must be aware of airspace restrictions,” Boston...

Congressional negotiators are struggling to reach a deal to keep the government's lights on past Dec. 20. Text of a continuing resolution (CR) for a government funding package was expected on Sunday ahead of the looming shutdown deadline. But lawmakers failed to release the text, with economic assistance for farmers emerging as an apparent last-minute...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) urged President Biden to pardon lawmakers who investigated President-elect Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. “You know, when Trump talks about sending to jail people who were on that January 6th committee, that sounds like being a tinpot dictator,” Sanders said during a Sunday morning appearance...

President Biden reflected on his tenure in office and his international impact in his address to Democratic Party members at their holiday reception on Sunday evening. ”We passed historic legislation. Laws that are literally building the strongest economy in the world,” Biden told the audience assembled at a D.C. hotel. “There’s not a world leader...

J. Ann Selzer, a pollster for The Des Moines Register, vehemently denied any intent to sway an election poll during the 2024 presidential election.  “I am mystified about what the motivation anybody thinks I had and would act on in such a public poll,” Selzer stated during a Friday interview on PBS’s “Iowa Press.” "So,...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday the presidential pardon process “cries out for reform” and proposed a board to standardize the process and make recommendations to the president. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Klobuchar said she was not comfortable with some of the people that President Biden included in his 1,500...

A coalition of more than 100 lawmakers wrote a letter on Sunday urging President Biden to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would outlaw gender discrimination in the Constitution.  “We must continue our efforts to fully affirm and recognize the equality of rights for all people, regardless of sex, as part of our Constitution,...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be seeking to ease any skepticism over his confirmation this week as he begins meetings with Senate Republicans over his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  Kennedy is among the highest-profile names that Trump has rolled out for his Cabinet, which has also featured battles...

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said on Sunday that he believes former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard needs “good coaching” before her Senate confirmation hearings, but he has confidence in her. He joined NewsNation’s “The Hill” on Sunday, where he weighed in on the ongoing controversy surrounding Gabbard’s confirmation. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Sunday joined CNN in...

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to “deploy special drone-detection” technology in New York and New Jersey. “I’m pushing for answers amid these drone sightings,” Schumer posted on the social platform X. “I’m calling for @SecMayorkas to deploy special drone-detection tech across NY and NJ.” Schumer said...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Sunday that he hopes to work with President-elect Trump to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour, the federal standard last raised in 2009. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” host Kristen Welker asked Sanders if he thinks he can work with Trump, who recently...

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on Sunday he doesn't want a preemptive pardon from President Biden for his work on the Jan. 6 select committee. In an interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Schiff whether he thinks President-elect Trump’s administration will not actually prosecute members of the Jan. 6 select committee,...

Republican senators are gearing up for the possibility of primary challenges ahead of the 2026 midterms as they seek to navigate the new political environment of a second Trump administration. Taking out a sitting senator in a primary would be no easy task, but some in the right flank of the party have flirted with...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) applauded Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth for recent productive meetings on the Hill with senators. “Pete is killing it in the meetings, because he doesn't shy away from the media, from the tough questions,” Mullin said during a Saturday appearance on Fox News. “And I hear from senator after senator...

Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said mysterious drones hovering over the Garden State are likely planes in a Saturday series of posts on the social platform X as public concern mounts over the sightings. “After going out with police to observe reports of possible drones, I was with the help of civilian pilots and others able...

As national concerns about the drones spotted on the East Coast continue to mount, President-elect Trump spent the day in Maryland alongside political allies to watch the Army-Navy rivalry football game Saturday afternoon.  Trump, alongside Vice President-elect JD Vance and Daniel Penny, who was acquitted of negligent homicide charges this week, attended the matchup between...

President-elect Trump announced a new round of picks for his incoming administration on Saturday ahead of his inauguration in January. He announced Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes to be chairman of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, IBM executive Troy Edgar to be deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), businessman Bill White to...